Matthew 7:3

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 7:1-29

Matthew 7:1 . Judge not, that ye be not judged. This refers to private and censorious reproaches of others. We must judge nothing before the time. It is better that ten bad men pass for innocent, than one innocent man be unjustly censured. Slander exasperates the injured to judge us again with great wrath, and it exposes us to the judgment and displeasure of God. Matthew 7:6 . Give not that which is holy to the dogs. A proverbial expression, importing that some men cannot be reformed by... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 7:3-5

Matthew 7:3-5The mote that is in thy brother’s eye.Three lessons stand out conspicuously in the text.1. Close inspection of ourselves, lest any evil lurk there unobserved which we abhor in others; lest we be like the farmer whose field is overrun with weeds, who delights in pointing out the defective condition of a neighbour’s farm.2. Avoidance of passing rash judgments on others.3. Readiness to assist others in overcoming their faults. (Baring Gould, M. A.)The beam and the moteI. That sin may... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 7:3

3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Ver. 3. And why beholdest thou ] Here is the true method of preaching, by doctrine and use, explication and application. Ministers must (as our Saviour in his text) bring hammers with their nails, Jeremiah 23:29 , and drive them into the very head, yea, goad men to the quick, Ecclesiastes 12:11 ; that the people’s hearts may either break, as theirs,Acts 2:37; Acts 2:37 , or... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 7:3

why: Luke 6:41, Luke 6:42, Luke 18:11 but: 2 Samuel 12:5, 2 Samuel 12:6, 2 Chronicles 28:9, 2 Chronicles 28:10, Psalms 50:16-Ecclesiastes :, John 8:7-1 Samuel :, Galatians 6:1 Reciprocal: Hosea 4:4 - let Matthew 15:3 - Why Mark 2:24 - why Mark 7:2 - they found Mark 10:25 - General read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 7:3

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?In particular, why do you open your eyes to any fault of your brother, while you yourself are guilty of a much greater? The mote - The word properly signifies a splinter or shiver of wood. This and a beam, its opposite, were proverbially used by the Jews, to denote, the one, small infirmities, the other, gross, palpable faults. Luke 6:41. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 7:1-27

III. CHRISTIAN PIETY DISTINGUISHED FROM GENTILISM, Matthew 6:19 to Matthew 7:27. Fallen Judaism is the impure service of the true God; Gentilism is the true service of a false god. That god is the world-god Mammon. Gentilism has lost its divine parent; it has become orphaned of our Father who is in heaven. In his place it has substituted the Mammon service and the earthly goods. After all these things do the Gentiles seek. Matthew 6:32. It is perfectly plain that with Matthew 6:18 our Lord... read more